The officer on duty at the Oslo police’s crime station confirms to news at 03.30 tonight that the arrested man has been charged with attempted murder. He was arrested in Romerike in a car that the police believe is involved in the shooting that took place in the car park outside Ikea in Furuset. The Oslo man in his 40s was caught with an AK-47 rifle, according to news’s information. The man must have a previous criminal conviction. The police believe he has links to an organized criminal environment in Eastern Norway. According to news’s information, at least four shots were fired. A man in his 30s was hit by gunshots and is being treated, but his injuries are not life-threatening, the police say. Admits that he shot The accused man’s defender, Øystein Ola Storrvik, tells news that his client admits that he was the one who shot, but says that the client denies attempted murder. Storrvik confirms that the man was caught with a two-handed automatic weapon, and that several shots were fired. According to Storrvik, the accused was not questioned last night. He expects it to happen on Wednesday. Storrvik says he has previously assisted the accused in connection with a conviction. House searched The Oslo police state in a press release last night that they are working with technical and tactical investigative steps to get a picture of what has happened. Police searched the arrested man’s home in Oslo on Tuesday evening. Police outside the accused’s address. Photo: Olav Rønneberg / news A uniformed police patrol kept watch late on Tuesday in the quiet residential area in one of Oslo’s districts. At the same time, plainclothes police were working inside the home. A car from the police bomb squad was also at the scene. In total, tens of police officers worked around the property. The civilian police officers searched the house inside, while the bomb squad investigated the outside areas with dogs. The bomb squad investigated the outdoor areas with dogs. Photo: Olav Rønneberg / news Rune Hekkelstrand, who is operations manager in the Oslo police, says that they received many emergency calls from people who had both seen and heard shots being fired at a car. – We have secured empty casings on site, says Hekkelstrand. Several empty shell casings have been found at the site. According to news’s information, four shots must have been fired. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB Man in hospital A man in his 30s is being treated for gunshot wounds in hospital. He is not seriously injured, according to the police. – We are in contact with a person in a hospital who has injuries that are compatible with him having been involved in the incident. He is conscious, and the police are working to find out what role he had in the case, says Hekkelstrand. The man must have visited the hospital himself. Police cars outside the emergency department at Ahus on Tuesday evening. Photo: Andreas De Brito Jonassen / news – It is too early to say anything about the background to the incident. It is being fully investigated, and we still have lots of loose ends and information we are working to collect. It is far too early to say whether this is connected to any environment, and if so which, says Hekkelstrand. Towed in a Tesla On Twitter, the police write that they have investigated a Tesla that was parked nearby in the parking lot. They believe that this may have been involved in the case, and have therefore towed it in for further investigations. It could also be that there is a third car involved. It has not been found yet, says Hekkelstrand. – We have information that means we will be able to get hold of the car or car owner during the evening or night, he says. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB According to the police, there were many people in the car park when the shooting happened. – But we have no information that shots were fired at innocent people or third parties, says Hekkelstrand. Lined up at exits The police lined up at exits out of Oslo in the search for cars on Tuesday evening. A dozen patrols will be involved. – We have used very large resources to locate the two cars, says Hekkelstrand. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB – We are examining video surveillance, talking to witnesses and examining other channels that we have, to find out who has been involved, says Hekkelstrand. Tip news’s crime group: Do you have information about this case or other crime cases? Contact news’s crime group. You can tip us off by e-mail or through news’s encrypted notification service. Here you can tip us anonymously. We also treat all tips confidentially, in line with the Vær varsom poster’s rules on source protection. Photo: ANDREAS DE BRITO JONASSEN / news
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